Billy the Kid (1941 film)
| Billy the Kid | |
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| Directed by | David Miller |
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| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Written by | Walter Noble Burns (book) Gene Fowler Howard Emmett Rogers Bradbury Foote |
| Starring | Robert Taylor Brian Donlevy |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Cinematography | William V. Skall Leonard Smith |
| Editing by | Robert Kern |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
Billy the Kid is a 1941 color remake of a 1930 movie of the same name. The film features Robert Taylor as Billy and Brian Donlevy as a fictionalized version of Pat Garrett renamed "Jim Sherwood" in the movie. Directed by David Miller and based on the book by Walter Noble Burns, the cast also included Gene Lockhart and Lon Chaney, Jr..[1] The film was not as well received as the 1930 original, Billy the Kid, which had starred Johnny Mack Brown and Wallace Beery and been shot in an experimental widescreen process.
Cast
- Robert Taylor ... Billy Bonney
- Brian Donlevy ... Jim Sherwood
- Ian Hunter ... Eric Keating
- Mary Howard ... Edith Keating
- Gene Lockhart ... Dan Hickey
- Lon Chaney Jr. ... 'Spike' Hudson
References
- ^ Bosley Crowther (June 20, 1941). "NY Times review". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E5D6143FE13BBC4851DFB066838A659EDE. Retrieved on 15 November, 2008.
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